Well, I already tried to create only a small partition:
# disklabel -E raid0
disklabel: Can't get bios geometry: Device not configured
Initial label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)
> p
device: /dev/rraid0c
type: RAID
disk: raid
label: fictitious
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 128
tracks/cylinder: 8
sectors/cylinder: 1024
cylinders: 156417
total sectors: 160171392
free sectors: 160171392
rpm: 3600
16 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
a: 435841403 1416925149 unused 0 0 # Cyl
1383715*-1809342*
c: 160171392 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 -156417*
> d a
> a a
offset: [0]
size: [160171392] 200m
FS type: [4.2BSD]
> p
device: /dev/rraid0c
type: RAID
disk: raid
label: fictitious
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 128
tracks/cylinder: 8
sectors/cylinder: 1024
cylinders: 156417
total sectors: 160171392
free sectors: 159761792
rpm: 3600
16 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
a: 409600 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16 # Cyl 0 - 399
c: 160171392 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 -156417*
> q
Write new label?: [y] y
disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: No space left on device
disklabel: unable to write label
#
Xavier
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Dear customer, we located the problem...
It's between the keyboard and the chair!
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Greg Oster wrote:
> Xavier Mertens writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm busy to set up a box with 2 x 80GB disks in RAID1.
> > I'm following the procedures found online but, once the RAID is
> > initialized,
> > I got the follow error while trying to partition it:
> >
> > Write new label?: [y]
> > disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: No space left on device
> > disklabel: unable to write label
> >
> > The RAID is up, consistant:
> >
> > # raidctl -s raid0
> > raid0 Components:
> > /dev/wd0d: optimal
> > /dev/wd1d: optimal
> > No spares.
> > Parity status: clean
> > Reconstruction is 100% complete.
> > Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
> > Copyback is 100% complete.
> >
> > disklabel report the following:
> >
> > # disklabel -E raid0
> > disklabel: Can't get bios geometry: Device not configured
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Initial label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)
> > > p
> > device: /dev/rraid0c
> > type: RAID
> > disk: raid
> > label: fictitious
> > bytes/sector: 512
> > sectors/track: 128
> > tracks/cylinder: 8
> > sectors/cylinder: 1024
> > cylinders: 156417
> > total sectors: 160171392
> > free sectors: 160171392
> > rpm: 3600
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 16 partitions:
> > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> > a: 435841403 1416925149 unused 0 0 # Cyl
> > 1383715*-180
> > 9342*
> > c: 160171392 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0
> > -15641
> > 7*
>
> 435841403 + 1416925149 = 1852766552 which is greater than 160171392
> by 1692595160. If you fix the offset of 'a', I suspect things will
> be happier.
>
> Later...
>
> Greg Oster
